English
firstfruits
Firstfruits comes from Middle English frystefruytes.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frystefruytes
- Englishearliest quotation 1611firstfruits
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frystefruytes
- Englishearliest quotation 1611firstfruits
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of…”
Formed from first + fruits
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before’
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Proto-Germanic *furistaz ‘first’
Proto-West Germanic *furist
Old English fyrest
Middle English first
English first
Every English word from Middle English frystefruytes
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English frystefruytes / firstfruits